Chapter 46: Destroy the Jiao Family Branch in Zhuji County [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

It’s also August.

Xinyang Township, Wushang County, is only a few dozen miles away from Zhuji County.

Jinmao is a man of great action.

During this period, sufficient grain, oil and salt were mobilized to Xinyang Township.

All members of Team One, Team Two and Team Three carried heavy loads and ran cross-country from Jinyun Mountain to Xinyang Township, completing a ten-day physical training.

During the training period, we had three meals a day with dry rice, oil and salt, and occasionally we could have some extra food if we hunted wild game.

These soldiers, who had been suffering from malnutrition for a long time, became visibly stronger.

I can’t say anything else, but the speed of Teams One and Two has definitely increased. They can make a round trip fully armed within a ten-kilometer range in one day and one night.

The three teams can also fight in a favorable battle.

The leader of the first team, Bai Shi, has returned to the team after recovering from his injury. The second team is temporarily led by Gong Lei, and the trainer of the third team, Pan Linmou, is determined to make great contributions.

The soldiers are well-trained and their generals are strong, and their morale is extremely high.

In order to ensure smooth operation, Jinmao specially dispatched Yu Fan to the county town to lobby.

I hope the powerful families will not be ungrateful, otherwise, it won’t just be the Jiao family branch that will be targeted.

During this period, teams 1, 2 and 3, totaling 1,100 people, did not stop training.

...

Outside Zhuji County.

Yu Fan rode a tall horse, wore a Confucian robe, a tall crown, and carried an ancestral sword on his waist.

He was followed by only five personal soldiers.

Originally, Jin Mao wanted to send fifty people for protection, but after being sternly rejected by Yu Fan, he only sent five people.

This is the minimum requirement. If Yu Fan doesn't bring anyone with him, there is no need to lobby. Just start fighting directly.

The wall of Zhuji city was only two meters high, so horses could not run there and soldiers could only walk on it, and it could only be used to defend against bandits and the like.

After entering the inner city, the first person Yu Fan went to find was the Zhuji County Magistrate, Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan’s ancestral home is Xinyang Township, Wushang County, so he and Jin Mao are half-fellow villagers.

The two men greeted each other, exchanged pleasantries, and sat down.

Yu Fan reported his purpose: "Zhang County Magistrate, my lord has led several thousand elite soldiers to the outside of the county, just to wipe out the rebellious Jiao Wang family."

"Is Jin Wushang planning to rebel?" Zhang Yan shouted angrily, "Jiao Wang is the magistrate of Zhuji County. Even if he is a traitor, he should be dealt with by the prefect. When will it be his turn to make the decision?"

"You won't be Jiao Wang tomorrow." Yu Fan waved his hand, and the follower outside the door handed him a scroll of bamboo slips.

"Please read this, Magistrate Zhang. This is evidence of Jiao Wang's evil deeds over the years."

"Zhang County Magistrate can report to the prefect and explain the facts. The prefect will naturally not blame you."

Zhang Yan is old and has no hope of promotion. His only wish is to leave some heritage for the Xinyang Zhang family.

"Humph!" But Zhang Yan knew that he had to put on a good show: "Yu Fan! I'm bowing to you because your father is the governor of Rinnan, not because I respect you."

After saying that, Zhang Yan threw the bamboo slips on the ground without even looking at them.

Unexpectedly, Yu Fan flew into a rage: "Zhang County Magistrate! I respect you because of your status as a county magistrate."

"If you persist in your wrongdoings, the next time someone comes, they won't be as easy to talk to as I am!"

Then, Yu Fan started to raise the flag: "Do you think the prefect doesn't know about this?"

"Think about it, how did the Jiao family of Taimo County perish? And where is Jiao Zhengqiang fleeing to now?"

Zhang Yan stammered and moved his lips, but ultimately said nothing.

Yu Fan slowly picked up the bamboo slips on the ground, handed them to Zhang Yan again, and stepped back a few steps to salute.

"Just ask Magistrate Zhang to report to the prefect, and my lord will take care of the rest."

This time, Zhang Yan sighed and opened the bamboo slips to read them carefully. If he really did this, he would be Jin Mao's accomplice, so he was very reluctant.

Seeing this, Yu Fan increased his firepower: "After the matter is completed, my master has prepared a great gift for Magistrate Zhang."

"In the future, two people from the Zhang family in Xinyang Township can serve as officials under my master in each generation. As long as the Zhang family abides by the law and follows the rules, my master is still young, and I can ensure that the Zhang family will prosper for three generations."

"Wow!" Zhang Yan suddenly rolled up the bamboo slips: "Are you serious?"

"a man of his words."

Zhang Yan fell into deep thought. After a cup of tea, he said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy for the powerful families in the city to agree."

Become!

Yu Fan was delighted and said: "This is easy. Afterwards, you can divide the land and grain of Jiao Wang's family among the other families. My lord will not take a cent."

"Okay!" Zhang Yan slammed the table and stood up: "I will report this matter to the county governor. I hope Jinwu will give me three days to recover."

"Congratulations to County Magistrate Zhang on his success!"

Zhang Yan sat down astride the chair only after Yu Fan left. His back was soaked.

"Someone come here!" Although he decided to do the job, Zhang Yan still put his own safety first.

First, he sent a messenger to Shanyin County.

Then, he convened a banquet for all the powerful families in Zhuji County except the Jiao family to explain the matter.

After getting everyone's consent, Zhang Yan brought out the evil deeds that Jiao Wang's family had done in recent days and asked everyone to stamp their seals to prove the facts.

After sending out the second wave of messengers, Zhang Yan summoned the county soldiers to protect the county government office and hid inside without coming out.

the other side.

Yu Fan boasted about his achievements and hoped to be rewarded.

Jin Mao was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe: "You're a spendthrift!"

"That's two thousand acres of fertile farmland in Zhuji County!"

"You wouldn't feel bad if it's not your field, right?"

"That's fine."

"Have I agreed to the Zhang family's matter in Xinyang Township? Will you make the decision for me?"

"You can just go straight and get it over with, why do you have to go through so many detours?"

At first, Yu Fan was very unconvinced. After hearing the last sentence, he became even more unconvinced and finally couldn't help but explode.

"Humph!"

"You know, my lord, the powerful families have the same origin and are two sides of the same coin."

"If you dare to kill Jiao Wang's family without telling them today, they will attack you in droves tomorrow."

"By then, I dare to ask, will you kill them all? Do you want to rebel?"

Jin Mao didn't really understand the ins and outs of this, but in order to maintain his image, he said stubbornly, "How could I not know?"

"Isn't this just a test for you?"

"Have you forgotten how I did it in Taimo County?"

Yu Fan nodded and praised Jinmao for its decisive action.

In his opinion, when it came to the Taimu County incident, Jin Mao had completely seen through the intentions of Tang Mao and Zhu Fu, and with the help of these two big men from Kuaiji County, he wiped out the Jiao family in a quick and decisive way.

very exciting!

Unfortunately, Yu Fan didn’t know that Jin Mao was a political novice.

Jinmao knows about farming, but how could he understand something so profound? He has to rely on guessing.

...

three days later.

Jinmao held a swearing-in ceremony.

"Don't leave any member of the Jiao family alive. Kill them all!"

"No one is allowed to kill except the Jiao family. Whoever does it will be automatically eliminated! Team one will be demoted to team two, team two will be demoted to team three, and so on."

"Those who surrender will not be killed. Move all the things in the Jiao family's warehouse back, and bring back the surrendered people as well. Even if it's just a hair of the Jiao family, you have to bring it back to me!"

"If you make mistakes, you must be punished. If you make merits, you must be rewarded!"

"The first person to break through the door will be promoted to level three, and three teams of soldiers can be directly promoted to team leader!"

"Jiao Wang will level up three times if he kills a head, and one level if he kills an enemy..."

"I'll say it again. If you kill innocent people and claim credit for something, or kill surrendered people and claim credit for something, once you're found out, you'll be fired and never hired again!"

The soldiers didn't care about anything else. They only heard the reward part and roared that they wanted to tear the entire Jiao family apart.

Jinmao has no choice but to learn from the military merit system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As for the punishment mechanism, let's take it slow.

The publicity is not in place, how can it be done by just saying one word?

That night, the battle was a foregone conclusion.

Jiao Wang's family in the south of Zhuji City was destroyed.

From Jiao Wang to the servants, no one was spared, and no one escaped.

The only good thing was that the three teams of soldiers did not attack the nearby civilians and gentry, but only went after the Jiao family.

This time the spoils were pitifully small.

After asking the local powerful people, I found out that Jiao Wang had sent all the money, food and supplies to Shangyu.

"It seems that Jiao Jiao is hiding in Shangyu County."

Jin Mao frowned. This was a difficult situation.

How to get rid of Jiao Jiao under the nose of the vampire Zhu Fu became a big problem.

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